The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlist for the 93rd Oscars in the category of Animated Short Film. Ten films were selected out of 96 films qualified in the category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Burrow — Madeline Sharafian (U.S.)
• Genius Loci — Adrien Mérigeau (France)
• If Anything Happens I Love You — Michael Govier, Will McCormack (U.S.)
• Kapaemahu — Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (U.S.)
• Opera — Erick Oh (South Korea/U.S.)
• Out — Steven Clay Hunter (U.S.)
• The Snail and the Whale — Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon (U.K.)
• To Gerard — Taylor Meacham (U.S.)
• Traces — Hugo Frassetto, Sophie Tavert Macian (France/Belgium)
• Yes People — Gísli Darri Halldórsson (Iceland)

Nominations voting begins on Friday, March 5th, 2021, and concludes on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021.

Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.

The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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